First Congregational Church of Berkeley - November 2nd - 7pm
2345 Channing Way @ Dana
Tickets: $15, $10 for low-income and students, no one turned away for lack of funds. Buy tickets at www.mecaforpeace.org, 510-548-0542 or call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006

$15 tickets also available at bookstores: (east bay) Books Inc., Diesel, Moe's Books, Pegasus/Solano, Pegasus/Shattuck, Walden Pond (SF) Modern TimesThis is a benefit for MECA's Maia Project: Bringing Clean Water to the Children of Palestine.The event is wheelchair accessible and ASL interpreted.For info events@mecaforpeace.org or 510-548-0542.
Co-sponsored by KPFA!

Widely known inside the C.I.A. as the best operative working the Middle East (portrayed by George Clooney in the film Syriana), Baer fell in love with a UC Berkeley graduate who’d become a CIA shooter. This is their true story – “A revealing firsthand account of international espionage and romance inside the CIA” – Jane Mayer, author of The Dark Side

Presented annually to honor the memory of Mario Savio (1942-1996), a spokesperson for Berkeley's Free Speech Movement (1964), and the spirit of moral courage and vision which he and countless other activists of his generation exemplified, to promote the ideals and values he struggled to advance throughout his life, and to recognize and encourage young activists striving to build a more humane and just society.

"The Center For Asian American Media (CAAM) is proud to present the 30th Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF)! The largest festival of it’s kind runs in San Francisco, Berkeley, and San Jose from March 8-18 2012. The Festival’s 30th anniversary program celebrates the past, present, and future – not only honoring pioneers in Asian and Asian American media-making, but also new directions in digital and interactive media, sound and youth culture, culinary arts and gaming.

Oh, and SFIAAFF includes more than just films!

This year, our program expands to include interactive salons underscoring the culinary, music, and gaming worlds, performative cinema events, and of course some of the most raucous parties in the Bay.

Film screenings, filmmaker spotlights, and interactive events take place at the Castro Theatre, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, San Francisco Film Society/New People Cinema in San Francisco, Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, and the Camera 3 Cinemas in San Jose. Tickets go on sale beginning Thursday, February 9 for CAAM members and Monday, February 13 for the general public.

2012 SFIAAFF goes from March 8-18 in the SF Bay Area,and selections include:

PAPA MAU: THE WAY FINDERAMONG B-BOYS, THE FRONT LINE, WOMAN IN THE SEPTIC TANK, NO LOOK PASS, MR. CAO GOES TO WASHINGTONTHERE ONCE WAS AN ISLAND (TE HENUA E NNOHO), DELHI IN A DAY, TIBET IN SONG,and MUCH MORE...

San Francisco, California - The KPFA Crafts Fair features the original work of over 200 exhibitors, live music in a spacious food court, live on-air broadcast on KPFA 94.1 FM, plus easy transportation - free continuous shuttles to/from the Civic Center BART Station both days.

The KPFA Crafts Fair showcases the brightest talents in contemporary art and craft, highlighting both experienced and emerging designers who produce one-of-a-kind, handmade and limited edition goods in a wide variety of media. These jury selected artisans and craftspeople combine new and traditional techniques with modern design aesthetics to produce appealingly fresh and innovative work. Each of them will be present at the Concourse to showcase their own work, from outstanding wearable textiles to sophisticated ceramics, luminous glass, innovative furniture and housewares. There’s also gorgeous, evocative photography, original screen-printed art, contemporary paper goods and affordable fashionable jewelry.

KPFA Radio has a reputation for embracing diversity and supporting local communities through its programming. Similar principles of discernment apply in the selection processof exhibitors for the KPFA Crafts Fair. The Fair prioritizes a uniqueness of style, a high level of artisanship,craftwork created in studio (the artist/exhibitor must have an active hand in the making of their work), while trying to represent as much variety as possible. Fair producer Jan Etre has been an advocate of artists and craftspeople for 25 years. Etre explains, "The jury process ensures a wide composition of crafts exhibitors at our show. It is the means by which the great reputation of the KPFA Crafts Fair is reinvigorated every year. And so many artists take great care when sourcing their materials, to be responsible to the ecology of our planet and environment."

The Concourse will be closing its doors after the event and at this point it is uncertain where the KPFA Crafts Fair will be held future years. The fair's last year at the Concourse will be celebrated with a two-for-one deal: buy one $10 ticket and your guest enters for free, plus anyone over 65 or under 17 years of age is welcome to attend for free.

Exhibitor Theresa Kwong, a metalsmith jewelry designer says about the KPFA Crafts Fair, "I was extremely impressed by the friendly staff that made the show run like a well-oiled machine and by the quality of artwork by talented and warm-hearted artists. I thoroughly enjoyed the weekend." In describing her work, Theresa says, “my design sensibility comes from my training as an architect, resulting in clean lines and sinuous curves. My work expresses tremendous visual movement, reminiscent of a Frank Gehry structure.” theresa@tkmetalarts.com

FOOD & MUSIC

The mezzanine overlooking the Fair at the Concourse will host excellent food vendors and feature live acoustic music from noon to 6pm each day, allowing fairgoers to relax, refuel and plan the rest of their shopping. For the first time this year, the Fair will offer "Edible Tastings" - where local food artisans who are passionate about their goods serve complimentary samples. They will also be selling products that make great Christmas gifts as well as ideal tasty treats for the attendees to bring home.

TRANSPORTATION

The Fair makes it easy to travel to the event in green style by providing complimentary shuttles from the Civic Center BART/MUNI Station, at 8th and Market and from the Caltrain Station at 4th and King Streets.

Cine+Mas presents the San Francisco Latino Film Festival, September 12-27 in theatres and cultural centers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, screening award winning and critically acclaimed documentary and feature films from Latin America, South America and the USA.